Báo cáo y học: "Recently published papers: Heavyweight problems in the intensive care unit" potx
Báo cáo y học: "Recently published papers: Heavyweight problems in the intensive care unit" potx
... recently in Intensive Care Medicine add more
weight to the arguments against such views [2,3].
In the study by Sakr and colleagues, the European obser-
vational Sepsis Occurrence in Acutely Ill ... [4,5].
Commentary
Recently published papers: Heavyweight problems in the
intensive care unit?
Lui G Forni
1,2
1
Department of Critical Care, Worthing General Hospit...
Báo cáo y học: "Advanced directives and treatment decisions in the intensive care unit" potx
... of
illness/injury they will suffer and what types of medical
interventions they must consider [5]. Because medicine is not
static, making a prospective determination regarding the
types of treatment ... and maintain a collaborative relationship with
the health care team while promoting the patient’s particular
value system and respecting the individual’s autonomy.
Despite the fact...
Báo cáo y học: "Recently published papers: Changing practices in the modern intensive care unit" pps
... benefit to therapy directed
by pulmonary artery catheters over standard care in this patient
group. Indeed, there was a higher rate of pulmonary embolism
in the catheter group than in the standard ... treatment arm. The
physiological goals and treatment priorities in the pulmonary
artery catheter group were defined by the investigators before
the study began, and assessm...
Báo cáo y học: "Is succinylcholine appropriate or obsolete in the intensive care unit" docx
... mortality
rate than cardiac arrest in succinylcholine-induced
hyperkalaemia alone [8].
Unpredictable activity
In intensive care patients there is large variability in the
activity of plasma cholinesterase, ... an enzyme that metabolizes
Commentary
Is succinylcholine appropriate or obsolete in the intensive care
unit?
Leo HDJ Booij
Institute for Anaesthesiology, University...
Báo cáo y học: " Rational use of computerized protocols in the intensive care unit" ppt
... nursing, and respiratory therapy staffs of
the Intermountain Respiratory Intensive Care Unit and of the Shock-
Trauma/Intermountain Respiratory ICU, and to the Respiratory Care
Department of the ... to training, explicit methods can be
an asset. In an environment that pays little heed to training,
they could be a disadvantage. Like any tool, guidelines can
be misused. Finally,...
Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: Acid–base abnormalities in the intensive care unit" doc
... utility identified in some studies
that is conspicuously lacking in others? The answer may be
found in the timing. Much like base excess, the value of the
SIG may be related to the time of assay. ... for other injuries in isolation or
combination. The interpretation of SBE must therefore
incorporate the injury complex into decision-making, perhaps
limiting its utility. A...
Báo cáo y học: " A stronger approach to weakness in the intensive care unit" doc
... creatine
kinase may help to identify CIM, but the peak may be missed
in the membranopathy/necrotizing varieties or creatine kinase
may not be significantly elevated in cases with loss of myosin
filaments. ... sensory loss, and absent reflexes distally in the
Figure 1
A flow chart giving an approach to generalized weakness and/or ventilatory failure in the intensive care un...
Báo cáo y học: " Cost effectiveness of antimicrobial catheters in the intensive care unit: addressing uncertainty in the decision" doc
... min-
imal and the decision is driven by the change in costs. Most of
these costs represent the value of obtaining increased capac-
ity within the ICU, rather than cash savings. Nevertheless, the
results ... chlorhexidine silver sulfadiazine; CR-BSI, catheter related bloodstream infection; ICU,
intensive care unit; int/ext, internally and externally coated; MR, minocycline and...
Báo cáo y học: " Recently published papers: Topical issues in pharmacology" pptx
... demonstrating profound and resistant
vascular hyporeactivity. Bolus terlipressin resulted in a
progressive increase in mean arterial pressure, allowing
withdrawal of noradrenaline (norepinephrine) in ... on
serum cytokine concentration. By day 3 the Sequential
Organ Failure Assessment score was lower in the
hydrocortisone group than in the placebo group (P < 0.05).
No diffe...
Báo cáo y học: "Recently published papers: small pieces of the puzzle and the long-term view" pps
... Lung Injury’ [2] and the
2002 Brussels roundtable “Surviving Intensive Care [3]
have all finally reached print. Although much contained within
these ‘stock takes’ will be familiar, they serve ... disruption in the intensive care unit. Am J Respir Crit
Care Med 2001, 163:451-457.
17. Cooper AB, Thornley KS, Young GB, Slutsky AS, Stewart TE,
Hanly PJ: Sleep in critically ill pa...